looney
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- Jul 7, 2003
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looney said:Isn't snooker racist cos you get max points for wacking the black in the hole, the yellows virtually worthless and your the White.
gibber gibber hoot! Im a lefty!!
On the Left Wing said:Agree with Juan and Fatbadger ....
It's a great fun game (got ot level 6!) ... but how would you feel if they were Asians, blacks or women?
Juan Albion said:The recent levels of comments on this thread make me realise just how ignorant some people are. It is very sad.
E.g. Lammy's 'tall' comments. You clearly have no idea of the issues involved. Last time I checked, people aren't attacked simply for being tall, it is not illegal to be tall anywhere in the world that I am aware of, people weren't taken to concentration camps simply for being tall, people aren't prevented from marrying the person they love simply for being tall. These are all things that are a reality for homosexuals and it all stems from an attitude that the difference people see in them somehow makes them less worthy of respect. You may not feel any disrespect for gey people personally, but by standing up for games such as this one you are condoning the atmosphere that says it is okay to pick on people for being different. Once again, I draw your attention to the thread title.
And I wouldn't consider myself a leftie, either, seeing as how I never once voted Labour - or NDP for that matter.
Faldo said:They're not rapists - they're "flamboyant".
Lammy said:I too have friends who are gay, black, oriental and asian. They are not offended by light hearted fun poking. I'm 6' 5" an constantly have to put up with "My aren't you tall!", "Do you play basketball?", "What's the weather like up there?" etc etc. It's called life mate! You take these things on the chin and if you have any personality at all you role with it and add to the humour.
We've had a couple of Paddy jokes today but I notice no one jumped on their high horse over this one. People who make a big deal out of people with different ethnic backgrounds or lifestyle chioices by saying "Oooo you mustn;t say that it's racist!" Or "Stop being a homophobe!"
What if it were fat nurses chasing you carry on stylee and you had to shoot them before they shagged you? You would think it was funny. Stop making such a big deal out of nothing. This is nothing like Nazi Germany and we don't need to "wake up and smell the ratting flesh". We need to be able to live in a cosmopolitan country where we are all comfortable with who we are and able to take the piss out of ourselves every now and then. It's just human nature.
Now grow up and stop being so biggoted! Do you have to act differently around you Gay friends for fear of upsetting them? Do you make a special effort not to stare at the disabled? If so then you are discriminating by treating them different whether it be over nice or over evil. Same thing.
Juan Albion said:You may not feel any disrespect for gey people personally, but by standing up for games such as this one you are condoning the atmosphere that says it is okay to pick on people for being different.
Lush said:I guess it just depends on what you personally think is acceptable.
If it's "only a game" presumably there is NO computer game that you would not play?
Shooting people as they jump out of the World Trade Centre?
Bayonetting babies?
I'm sure there are worse examples.
Is there a point at which you would say "No"? In which case it isn't "only a game."
Lush said:Bayonetting babies?
Lush said:I guess it just depends on what you personally think is acceptable.
If it's "only a game" presumably there is NO computer game that you would not play?
Shooting people as they jump out of the World Trade Centre?
Bayonetting babies?
I'm sure there are worse examples.
Is there a point at which you would say "No"? In which case it isn't "only a game."
Lush said:I guess it just depends on what you personally think is acceptable.
If it's "only a game" presumably there is NO computer game that you would not play?
Shooting people as they jump out of the World Trade Centre?
Bayonetting babies?
I'm sure there are worse examples.
Is there a point at which you would say "No"? In which case it isn't "only a game."
ChapmansThe Saviour said:
When was the last time a naked gay man tried to run at you and 'bum' you. When was the last time you had a shot gun??
It's fantasy, those things that happened are real.
Trigger said:I got buttdone on level 3
Lush said:OK that is a good point. Maybe I need to think of some fantasy examples that might be unacceptable. So are you saying that certain horrific things that "really" happened would be unacceptable to have as computer games?